Seeking to escape site-specific narratives, programmatic limitations and typological control; this class will explore architecture’s own generative and material capacities to become an organizational mechanism that relates to function.
During this academic term, we will make use of thorough digital experimentation. The use of advanced NURBS operations, computational fluid dynamics and parametric growth engines will be critical to challenge the formal conventions of building envelope and supporting systems—skin/surface/structure and the complexity of boundary definers, tectonic values and circulation areas.
Starting from the study of reference objects, we will identify particular relationships between form and performance, followed by a series of dynamic analyses that would define strategies for form optimization. Using the resultant geometry information as a driver, students will digitally model and modify the original profiles to satisfy the requirements of two architectural applications that will vary in scale.
Assignment 3: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
Seeking to challenge some of the formal conventions of building envelope and supporting systems—skin/surface/structure and the complexity of boundary definers, tectonic values and circulation-based form organization; our next stage will be the performance analysis of built form.
Students may make (not limited to) use of computational fluid dynamics, surface tolerance studies and lighting simulation as analytical tools to explore some of their proposed material conventions. This exploration should lead students to a better understanding of various conditions in which the architectural assemblage can relate to its intended performance and how can form be optimally adapted to its environment and end user. Carefully diagram each stage.
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